Welcome to this month’s Real English video where I tell you about Edinburgh and Scotland’s history and culture, and you get a great English lesson looking at language in context! This month we are talking about Scottish Halloween traditions. Before you watch the video, have a look at our Quizlet set to help you follow […]
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Welcome to today’s Lunchtime Lessons post. This week we are looking at Phrasal Verbs in relation to Valentine’s Day. Our Lunchtime Lessons are free Online English classes where we look at areas of English which are often difficult for students. If you didn’t manage to join us for our live session, you can catch up
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In our Real English video this month we are talking about the poet Robert Burns, what Burns’ Night is, and how we celebrate it. Our language focus this month is modifiers and collocations. Watch the video and then look at our interactive blog about Burns to work on your reading skills too! Make sure to
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It’s Christmas time again (how did that happen?!) so we thought as an early present we would teach you all about Christmas phrasal verbs in our interactive blog. Phrasal verbs are a very important part of the English language. They are informal, so people use them all the time. It’s important that you can incorporate
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The month’s Real English lesson is about Scottish Christmas and New Year traditions. Learn about why Christmas was banned in Scotland for over 400 years and how we celebrate Hogmanay, or New year’s Eve. Was Christmas banned in Scotland? The short answer is yes! Thanks to the Protestant reformation, Christmas was considered a “popeish” celebration and
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